The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-06-07
CHRISTIAN LADIES,
Annual Meeting of the W0men's
Missionary Society,
OF the Southwest Missouri Con
ference of the Methodist
Church, South.

The annual meeting OF the We
mans Missionary Society Of th
Southwest Missouri conference be gar
this morning shortly after 10 o'clock
In the church at the northeast corner
of Third and Massachusetts, avenues
of which Rev. M. M. Pugh is pastor
The morning session was principally
taken up with devotional exercises.
The altar has been beautifully decor.
ated with plants and flowers, under
the supervision of Mrs. Edna An.
derson, of Kansas City. Across the
wall, above the pulpit, is streamel
bearing the motto in roses, Cali the
world for Jesus" The altar is fur.
ther festooned with red, white and
blue bunting and aleng the side walls
are emblazoned the countries and
cities to which the society has sent
missionaries, with the names, of these
beneath.
The officers of the socity are; Mrs.
l.. M. Lloyd. Neosho, president; Mrs.
Dan Cooper, Kansas City district,
Mrs. L. P. Norfeet, Clinton district,
Mrs. E. j. Wiley, Boonville, Mrs.
Davis. Lebanon, Miss A. V. Cottey,
Neosho, Miss Laura Davis, Lexing-
ton, and Miss HELEN Sage, Springfield,
vice-president; Miss Belle Greene.
Lexington. recording secretary; Mrs.
Nathan Scarritt, Kansas City, cor
responding secretary, Mrs. r. F.
Nastin, Bolton, treasurer; Mrs. T.
N. Cobb, Lexington, auditor.
Mrs. Lloyd, the president, is not
present, being engaged in the work
of removing to California, Her po-
sition will be filled at the afternoons
session.
The society has sent two mission
aries to foreign lands, Miss Mildred
Phillips, M. D.. and her sister, Miss
Lou Phillips, both of whom are from
the BoonvilIe district, and now
stationed at Soochow, China. One
is in charge of hospital and the
other boarding school. The society
also aids In the support ofabout fifteen
missionaries-at Soochow and
Shanghai, in China; Piracicaba and
Rio Janeiro, Brazil; Mexican mis-
sion, at Laredo, Texas, a mission at
Muscogee, /. T., and at other points.
The society now in session was organ
lied eight years ago this spring, at
Marshall, and now numbers over 100
members, and is increasing its use-
fulness and numerical strength every
year.
The following programme for the
meeting has been arranged, and will
be followed as closely as possible:
WEDNESDAY JUNE 1.
Afternoon Session.
Devotional Exercises.
Roll-call and seating of delegates.
Address of welcome, Mrs. Jennie |
Hoffman.
Response, Mrs. A. III. Thurston. |
Annual address Of president.
Appointment of committee on
finance, Evangel, nominations and
resolutions.
Report of Treasurer. Mrs. r. F. |
Mastin.
Report of Corresponding Secretary,
Mrs. Nathan Scarritt.
Report Of agent of the Evangel.
Description of our missionary COM
pounds, 500 Chow, China, Mrs. Ed.
L. Scarritt.
Missionary sketch, Mrs. c. C.
Woods.
Evening Session
Devotional Exercises, Rev. M. M.
Pugh.
Address, Rev. T. M. Cobb.
"Faultless," Miss May Meri-
wether.
Missionary Literature, Mrs. G. o.
Jones, of Kansas City.
Discussion of same Subject,
THURSDAY, JUNE 2.
Devotional exercises.
Roll call.
Report of district secretary and del
egates of the Lexington, Kansas City,
Springfield. Neosho, Lebanon, Clint.
on and Boonville districts.
Afternoon session. Il
Devotional exercises.
Report of committee on finance.
Report of committe on Evangel.
Report of committee on nomina-
lions. Ii
Report of committee on resolutions.
Report of auditor, Mrs. T. M. Cobb,
of Lexington.
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Description of Chinese Curios, Mrs. +,
Edna Anderson, of Kansas City. Is
Evening session.
Devotional exercises, Rev. Joseph 1
King. {
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